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Lyme disease is on the rise, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting that cases of tick-borne illnesses more than doubled from 2004 to 2016, from 22,000 to 48,000. Making matters worse, the disease is sometimes tricky to diagnose. 

A few years ago, Preeti Sharma, M.D., Pediatric Pulmonologist at Children’s Health℠ and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern, met with a teenager who had been told by doctors that she had just a few years left to live. Her cystic fibrosis was advanced, and the doctors believed they’d done everything they could.

Caring for children with type 1 diabetes can be challenging for parents, especially when their child has a cold or the flu. At Children’s Health℠, we recently launched a mobile app that empowers parents to more easily handle sick-day care on their own.

The app, called Diabetes Advisor, uses blood sugar readings and other real-time data to help families calculate insulin doses and fluid intake, without talking to a doctor or nurse.

Children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) often have elevated androgen levels, which leads to early puberty, accelerated bone maturation and short adult stature. Traditional glucocorticoid treatment, including hydrocortisone, is a Catch-22: It controls androgen levels, but high daily doses slows patients’ linear growth and puts them at risk for excess weight gain.

Most pediatric constipation can be treated with diet and over-the-counter treatments. But when medical management fails, it can be a sign of a larger problem that needs specialty care. Children’s Health APPs and UT Southwestern physicians, led by Rinarani Sanghavi, M.D., offer state-of-the-art motility testing and innovative therapies – including biofeedback – to help children overcome chronic constipation.